Satellite photo of the Wellington conurbation: (1) Wellington; (2) Lower Hutt; (3) Upper Hutt; (4) Porirua. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Wellington at night (Photo credit: pabIo)

Wgtn councils to consider new structure

Porirua's mayor is encouraging all Wellington councils to carefully consider a new local government structure for the region.An independent panel headed by Sir Geoffrey Palmer has released a report proposing one Lord Mayor lead six local area councils, as well as one Greater Wellington Council.The report was commissioned by the Greater Wellington Regional Council and the Porirua City Council, but will be made available to other councils across Wellington.Porirua mayor Nick Leggett says he hopes all councils will look at the recommendation."We've now got a large body of information and evidence for them to look at. I think there was some trepidation about confronting change."

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